Cornwall STP

At a recent meeting there was a presentation from Helen Wilding, Deputy Director of HR and OD at Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust, who is leading on workforce and who has done a great deal of work on collating data on staff demographics and facilitated network meetings for clinicians with a specific focus on engaging with primary care.

They have divided the Local Workforce Action Board (LWAB) into two groups.

As substantive senior RCN officer, I attend the Workforce Strategy Board. This is also now a Workforce Delivery Group which local representatives are invited to.

There are unlikely to be any significant developments until after a public consultation, which is planned for spring 2018, unless the considerable financial pressures force organisational boundary changes, or special measures kick in sooner and hasten some of the decision making.

Julie Connolly

Acting Operational Manager

Julie is Acting Operational Manager of the RCN South West region and substantive Senior RCN Officer for Dorset.